PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, as a Philosopher and Reformer. By Charles Sotheran. Illustrations. 8vo, pp. vi., 51. New York: C. P. Somerby, 139 Eighth St., 1875. (Price $1.25.) 6 "This was the subject of a paper read at the Liberal Club, August 6, by Mr. Charles Sotheran, "On the evening of August 6th, Mr. Charles Sotheran read an elaborate and interesting paper "We have reprinted the above extract from the current October number of the New Era,' con- "Mr. Sotheran's interesting paper on Shelley.”—The (N. Y.) Liberal Christian, Oct. 9, 1875. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. AMERICAN GENEALOGY. A Paper prepared for the "American Bibliopolist," and read by desire before the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, at the Mott Memorial Hall, New York, January 13, 1875, by Charles Sotheran. (A few copies of the number of the Bibliopolist" containing the above essay, are still to be had from J. Sabin & Sons, 84 Nassau Street, New York. Price, 25 cents.) 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By WIN WOOD READE. 12mo, Cloth, 543 pp. Postpaid, $3. CONTENTS: Under the head of "War," we have: Egypt, The Water Harvest, The Sources of the Nile, Philosophy of Leisure, Agricultural Monogamy, Inequality of Men, Famine the Mother of Astronomy, Cruelty the Nurse of Civilization, Trial of the Dead, the Painted Tomb, Children of the Desert, The Horse of War, The Terrible Sahara, Pharaoh Triumphant, Egyptian Country House, The Luxury Question, Theology Stops the Way, Empire of Ethiopia, The India Trade, The Persian Shepherds, The King's Harem, Origin of Greek Genius, Their Religion, The City of the Violet Crown, The University of Egypt, Seraglio Intrigue, Retreat of the Ten Thousand, Tyranny of Athens, Alexander at Babylon, Two Faces Under One Hat, A Greek Voltaire, The Purple Trade, Discovery of the Atlantic, Introduction of the "A, B, C," The Colonies of Carthage, The Gardens of the Hesperides, Home Rule of Rome, The House of Baal, Silver Spain, The Poor Hated Old Man, Roman Baden Baden, Cato's Little Farm, A Dissolute Prig, Africa's Place in History, Čivilizing War. 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Under the consideration of "Liberty," he shows us: The Ancient Germans, The Castle an Academy, The Serfs, The Monks, The Crusades, Venice, Arab Spain, The Hill of Tears, Orthodox Geography, India, Prester John, Lisbon Rejoices, Majestic Crime, Slavery in London, The Methodists, Giants and Pigmies, Thomas Paine, Cotton, Neck and Neck, W. L. Garrison, In the consideration of "Intellect" he introduces: The Children of the Sun, Origin of Life, History of the Cell, Dawn of Reason, Origin of Love, The Ghost Religion, Origin of Priests, Invention of Hell, Musical Conversation, The Why, The Utility of the Affections, Breeding Laws, Death of Sin, Origin of Chastity, Rome and China, The Buddhists, The Age of the Rosary, War in the Future, The Expedient of Religion, Fallacies of the Commune, American Prosperity, Inventions of the Future, Theory of the Soul, Duties of a Creator, The Theory Exploded, Should the Truth be Told? Christianity Exposed, The Catastrophes of Progress, Moral Value of Hell-Fire, True Sources of Morality, Spurious Virtues of Theology, The True Religion, The Last Sacrifice." PRESS NOTICES: It is really a remarkable book, in which universal history is "boiled down" with surprising skill. The boldest, and, so far as historical argument goes, one of the ablest, assaults ever made upoň Christianity.-[Literary World. His history has a continuity, a rush, a carrying power, which remind us strikingly of Gibbon.-[New Haven Palladium. The sketch of early Egyptian history, in the first chapter, is a masterpiece of historical writing. He has a style that reminds us of Macaulay.-[Penn Monthly. You turn over his pages with a fascination similar to that experienced in reading Washing ton Irving.-[Inter Ocean. To readers who are attracted by the Darwin ian literature, this book, with its quaint declaration that "Life is bottled sunshine," may also be recommended.-[Pittsburgh Eve. Chronicle. 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ANCIENT FAITHS EMBODIED IN ANCIENT NAMES; OR AN ATTEMPT TO TRACE THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF, SACRED RITES, AND HOLY EMBLEMS of Certain Nations, by an interpretation of the Names given to Children by Priestly Authority, or Assumed by Prophets, Kings, or Hierarchs. By THOMAS INMAN, M.D., late President of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society, etc. Two vols., 1914 pp., 8vo. Several hundred Illustrations. Sent by express (expressage unpaid), $20.00. "To those who thirst after knowledge, and are not deterred from seeking it by the fear of imaginary dangers, this volume is inscribed, with great respect, by the author." Radical and Reform Publications by C. P. Somerby. 139 8th St., N. Y. NATHANIEL VAUGHAN : Priest and Man. A NOVEL. By FREDERIKA MACDONALD, 3 vols. in 1, Ex. Clo., Black and Gold Side Stamp. 12mo, 404 pp. Postpaid, $1.50. .An original work of absorbing interest, of cultured Rationalism, and high-toned morality. It is a book for the heart as well as the intellect; it is an oasis in the desert of common religious literature.-SARA A. UNDERWOOD, in Boston Investigator. "It is the work of one who has considered well the false and destructive influence of the "other-world" view of human life, and the mischief which fanatical priests are doing in society-who has learned that the service of men in this world is more rational and helpful than any zeal for saving their souls in another world." An independent and respectable study of character in the law of circumstance such as even George Eliot might not have been ashamed to own. A very bold and trenchant attack on Orthodoxy, and the earnestness with which it is made throughout is not marred by the grace and humor with which its lighter passages are told....A more vigorous presentment of the mischievous nature of modern Christianity, in its most honest and consistent form, need not be desired. .It is a really artistic composition, with a sound moral expressed, though not obtruded, on the canvas. -Westminster Review. "Let nothing human be indifferent to you. Live in the world as of it; do not aspire beyond, but for and through and by it. Carry men on in your manhood nearer to truth, to justice, to nobility, and the joy which is their fruit. Repress no faculty, withhold no gift-spend all your treasure. Share thus in creation; and in the impulse you shall have given toward more full and perfect life be content to see your immortality."-Extract. THE SAFEST SAFEST CREED, And Twelve Other Recent Discourses of Reason. : By 0. B. FROTHINGHAM. Second Ed., 12mo, Cloth, Beveled, Black Side Stamp, 238 pp. Postpaid, 1.50. CONTENTS.-Safest Creed, Radical Belief, Radical's Root, Joy of a Free Faith, Living Faith, Gospel of To-Day, Gospel of Character, Scientific Aspect of Prayer, Naked Truth, Dying and Living God, Infernal and Celestial Love, Immortalities of Man, Victory Over Death. 'The publisher has done a good thing to bring them together in this more permanent form. All the work is entirely new and very handsome. The whole appearance of the book deserves the warmest approbation. To cherish no illusion' might be the text of every one of them." THE ANTIQUITY OF CHRISTIANITY. born in their vicinity, spoke their -Ext. THE CHRIST OF PAUL; or, The Enigmas of Christianity. St. John never in Asia Minor. Irenæus the Author of the Fourth Gospel. The Frauds of the Churchmen of the Second Century Exposed. By GEORGE REBER. 12mo, Cloth, 400 pp. Postpaid, $2. |